Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria chlorina C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 140 (1874)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Yunnan) to Indo-China. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kurzweil, H., Ormerod, P. & Sathish Kumar, C. (2023). The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in Myanmar. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 51: 98-156.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Zhang, W.L., Gao, J.Y. & Liu, Q. (2016). Habenaria chlorina, a newly recorded species of Orchidaceae from China. Plant Science Journal 34: 18-20.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Zhang, W.L., Gao, J.Y. & Liu, Q. (2016). Habenaria chlorina, a newly recorded species of Orchidaceae from China. Plant Science Journal 34: 18-20.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [312] Thailand K000595733 Yes
Oct 9, 2007 Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.] Thailand K000595731 Yes
Oct 9, 2007 Kerr, A.F.G. [236] Thailand K000595732 Yes
Parish, C.S.P. [245] BU K000247451 Type Yes
Parish, C.S.P. [124] BU K000247453 Type Yes
Kerr, A.D. [adk 1616] Laos K:SPC-28412.000 No
Parish, C.S.P. [245] BU K000247452 Type Yes
Siedenfaden, G. [3034] Thailand K:SPC-17260.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0